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william. martha tweed in, 1871. new york city was virtually bankrupt due to the monumental thievery of the tammany hall ring and. its leader, william twain, starting as a street fighter and firehouse gang tweed, piloted a plan to drain the city and state coffers, and it covered. andrew was appointed state comptroller, knowing full well that the comptroller or connally would resign and andrew replace him many dead as comptroller andrew became, the watchdog of new york city, loved this, eliminating and cruption. andrew's audits revealed that deficit of $12 million or equating to a third of $1,000,000,000 in 2020 through the courthouse built by tweed still stands 150 years later. it was the costliest building in america. lincoln started more than twice what the u.s. paid for alaska. here are courtrooms where was tried and andrew saw says comptroller of new york city would be located and today this is new york city department of education and where we're green. began his public life in the 1990s. my brother in law led a
william. martha tweed in, 1871. new york city was virtually bankrupt due to the monumental thievery of the tammany hall ring and. its leader, william twain, starting as a street fighter and firehouse gang tweed, piloted a plan to drain the city and state coffers, and it covered. andrew was appointed state comptroller, knowing full well that the comptroller or connally would resign and andrew replace him many dead as comptroller andrew became, the watchdog of new york city, loved this,...
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and they found william. they found clarence darrow hiking in the smoky mountains and ran up and said, bryan is died. what do you think? and he muttered something like they said, did he die of a broken heart? and darrow muttered something like, no, he died of a busted belly, but then said he, it's a great loss for the american people. they appeal the case, as you know, even if it's federal constitutional issues, the state goes up the state chain first and then the tennessee supreme court pulls a fast one on darrow, who's hoping to get a decision on the tennessee constitution out of the tennessee supreme court and then appeal to the federal supreme court on the federal constitutional matters. but the tennessee supreme court is going to dismiss the appeal on a technicality that they didn't get it filed in time and the fine overturned the the conviction of scopes under the theory that the law the fine how much it should be $100 or $500 should have been set by the jury, not ralston, but they dismiss the case rath
and they found william. they found clarence darrow hiking in the smoky mountains and ran up and said, bryan is died. what do you think? and he muttered something like they said, did he die of a broken heart? and darrow muttered something like, no, he died of a busted belly, but then said he, it's a great loss for the american people. they appeal the case, as you know, even if it's federal constitutional issues, the state goes up the state chain first and then the tennessee supreme court pulls a...
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looking for william and allen. craft one worked with william in a carpenter shop so he knew him and therefore you could identify him. and the second one was hired by the slave catchers because he had a reputation for doing that sort of thing. so there's to be made in and the money was significant enough that it warranted doing this. the slave the slave holders on the hand after 1850 would were guaranteed the cost. the cost of returning the fugitive would be covered by the government. yeah. so if you look at the bills, the bills of return is the break down. there's there's prison costs that were covered. there the whole per diem expensive. and this sounds like me doing a return after i leave a lecture to the university. i have per diem. expensive. i accommodation expenses. i have meals and all of those under the 1850 fugitives leave law are covered by the federal government and that is a significant cost. and it shows that that that the the big force behind this law is the federal government. and in doing the resear
looking for william and allen. craft one worked with william in a carpenter shop so he knew him and therefore you could identify him. and the second one was hired by the slave catchers because he had a reputation for doing that sort of thing. so there's to be made in and the money was significant enough that it warranted doing this. the slave the slave holders on the hand after 1850 would were guaranteed the cost. the cost of returning the fugitive would be covered by the government. yeah. so...
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william jennings bryan. huge. everyone would knew. william jennings bryan. there. there's made by his statue in the rotunda. remind me never to do that again. and he did not like darwin and reasonable some of the reasons he didn't like darwin is he particularly didn't like the way he did teaching had been used. he actually really believed that part of the german militarism that to world war one came from the germans coming to believe that darwin's principles were part would play into human society and that the global would be a struggle of survival for the fittest and helped cause a war that would cause 16 million deaths. and he didn't like that. darwin initially never. the term survival of the fittest is coined by a british associate ologist herbert spencer. but darwin will come to use it and they applied it to human life people are going to misuse it. brian hated the fact the great commoner william jennings bryan that the great wealth of the gilded age this is the biltmore mansion, the vanderbilts mansion made to look like versailles and asheville that the folks
william jennings bryan. huge. everyone would knew. william jennings bryan. there. there's made by his statue in the rotunda. remind me never to do that again. and he did not like darwin and reasonable some of the reasons he didn't like darwin is he particularly didn't like the way he did teaching had been used. he actually really believed that part of the german militarism that to world war one came from the germans coming to believe that darwin's principles were part would play into human...
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the william is a fascinating story. so the east india company hired or has shipped its t en separate ships. the dartmouth the eleanor the beaver and the william. and they arrived in they arrived a massachusetts in that order. and three of them arrived in boston properly. the dartmouth, the eleanor and the beaver fine, the william hit a storm and wrecked off of cape cod and it wrecked on december 11th. now, that could have been the of it. it's hard to imagine that crates full of tea are going to survive a shipwreck. it would have been a tea already, you'd think. but it wasn't the ships, the ships cargo was salvaged. and so one of the east india merchants with handling the east india companies affairs in boston, we call them the consignees one of the consignees got on his horse and rode out to the cape and sorted this out. he found some men to salvage the tea and he paid them in tea from. the williams consignment too, for labor, which was no small feat and potentially quite a dangerous job to be salvaging this off of the
the william is a fascinating story. so the east india company hired or has shipped its t en separate ships. the dartmouth the eleanor the beaver and the william. and they arrived in they arrived a massachusetts in that order. and three of them arrived in boston properly. the dartmouth, the eleanor and the beaver fine, the william hit a storm and wrecked off of cape cod and it wrecked on december 11th. now, that could have been the of it. it's hard to imagine that crates full of tea are going to...
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brooks was advisor to major william walker advised on all illicit matters. our next witnesses colonel earl matthews decorated with long accomplished career in government and private sector but colonel matthew served deputy assistant to the president senior director for the defense of policy and strategy on the national security council stand. he also served army acting general counsel and principal deputy general counsel as well as the deputy legal counsel to the charm of the joint chiefs of staff. generate six, 2021 colonel mathis was a chief legal advisor to major general william walker and was with him all day. our next witness brigadier general aaron dean and cruel general dean served in operation desert storm in a combat tour in iraq. he also served d.c. national guard for over 35 years. exemplifying what it means to be a capitol guardsman. on generate sixth, 2021 brigadier general jean served as major general walkers adjutant general and principal advisor. our final witness is captain active duty service member florida national guard. captain nick has
brooks was advisor to major william walker advised on all illicit matters. our next witnesses colonel earl matthews decorated with long accomplished career in government and private sector but colonel matthew served deputy assistant to the president senior director for the defense of policy and strategy on the national security council stand. he also served army acting general counsel and principal deputy general counsel as well as the deputy legal counsel to the charm of the joint chiefs of...
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or i could say, make me look like serena williams. now coco garbo. oh, the athlete you know, and it went wrong. so i. yeah. so that's why we're here. some of the areas that excite me about a.i., but i'm cautiously optimistic. at stake are its applications for health care. so i don't think it a small achievement alpha fold right to predict 200 million protein folding structures. and when i was a little girl i talk about this in the book i used to go to my dad's office and feed cancer cells. he's a professor, medicinal chemistry and computer aided drug development. so i grew up with my dad and poster shows of protein folding structures all over the world and all over our house. and yeah, he wanted me to go into chemistry, but the silicon computers themselves just look so cool, so i ended up going in a different direction. so that part excites me. but then i also think about so many of the disparities we have in health. there's a company i invested in tech that focuses on women's health. one in three women die of cardiovascular disease, but less than a
or i could say, make me look like serena williams. now coco garbo. oh, the athlete you know, and it went wrong. so i. yeah. so that's why we're here. some of the areas that excite me about a.i., but i'm cautiously optimistic. at stake are its applications for health care. so i don't think it a small achievement alpha fold right to predict 200 million protein folding structures. and when i was a little girl i talk about this in the book i used to go to my dad's office and feed cancer cells. he's...
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and he asks william clark to to fulfill that role. clark is part of a family of noted soldiers and explorers his brother, george rodgers. clark was a famous participant in that northwest indian war that we talked last class. and so clark kind of has a pedigree of this. i would say clark slightly more capable of the two. also, poor meriwether lewis just kind of fumbles and bumbles into. one or two disasters. the most famous of these is when he's down, kind of in that part of idaho there he drops down there, he's out hunting one day with another of the expedition, who is very near sighted, which is not great when he has a gun. they were hunting after sort of two deer. they one of the deer and it fell. but the second deer kind of scampered. and so they both went off in different directions to try and get the deer. and just as lewis is about to shoot the deer, a bullet hits him right below his bum and he's like, did you just shoot me? and the guy's like, no, definitely wasn't me. i thought was shooting the deer. and lewis was like, i am n
and he asks william clark to to fulfill that role. clark is part of a family of noted soldiers and explorers his brother, george rodgers. clark was a famous participant in that northwest indian war that we talked last class. and so clark kind of has a pedigree of this. i would say clark slightly more capable of the two. also, poor meriwether lewis just kind of fumbles and bumbles into. one or two disasters. the most famous of these is when he's down, kind of in that part of idaho there he drops...
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so he'll hire william stone, who's here in washington, d.c. and william stone will take the next three years, copying declaration backwards into a copper plate. backwards, backwards. now, 200 copies are made and william stone asks for a copy for himself. so there are only 201 copies that exist now. they were given to john adams. they were given to thomas and also with mark lafayette. and the rest stayed here. what's interesting is that the original that declaration that we see today is so faded that you miss much of the detail. and so when you actually think of what is the declaration in our we're actually thinking of this print right here. and this is something john quincy adams as secretary of state said, let's do this. absolutely. now, this is a obviously a very beautiful room. i understand that it was one of secretary colin powell's favorite rooms. oh, it was he was so, so supportive of this museum. and there would be times in meetings he would say, well, let's go upstairs. and he would take people on tours through these rooms and just des
so he'll hire william stone, who's here in washington, d.c. and william stone will take the next three years, copying declaration backwards into a copper plate. backwards, backwards. now, 200 copies are made and william stone asks for a copy for himself. so there are only 201 copies that exist now. they were given to john adams. they were given to thomas and also with mark lafayette. and the rest stayed here. what's interesting is that the original that declaration that we see today is so faded...
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one is william archibald dunning, whom you call a lion of manhattan society. and another was walter fleming. can tell us about those two guys. i can. these are the architects of the lost mythology. and it's so fitting that we're here in new jersey. we'll turn to dunning first. william archibald dunning was born in plainfield, new jersey. he went to princeton, kicked out. he went to columbia, got his ph.d. by 1885. he a very odd upbringing. his father was a plainfield industrialist and arts who felt this, who identified with southern plantation owners as, his class peers. he felt had been unfairly, unfairly denigrated and attacked in reconstruction. he regarded them as aristocrats in manners, cultivated in their private life, cultured people who, as businessmen and like himself, were trying to do the right thing but had a labor. so dunning was raised in this pro confederate atmosphere here in what was then probably the famous or most prosperous suburb in new jersey. plainfield, i'm told, had the first direct connection by train to wall. and he abandoned dunning
one is william archibald dunning, whom you call a lion of manhattan society. and another was walter fleming. can tell us about those two guys. i can. these are the architects of the lost mythology. and it's so fitting that we're here in new jersey. we'll turn to dunning first. william archibald dunning was born in plainfield, new jersey. he went to princeton, kicked out. he went to columbia, got his ph.d. by 1885. he a very odd upbringing. his father was a plainfield industrialist and arts who...
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at the time, william o'dwyer had a role in these hearings. what was it? right. so one of the key goals that chief oliver established for this committee was to not just understand the criminal element in these cities, but to understand their political connections and the extent to which local crime, local law enforcement, was either not addressing the problem or wouldn't address the problem because of their connections with organized crime. former mayor of new york william o'dwyer, initially connected with the committee and and provided them with a lot of information talking about his experiences in fighting crime in new york city during his time there at the time of the committee hearings, he was actually ambassador to mexico and he came back from that assignment to testify on camera. but when chief oliver turned to questioning o'dwyer, it wasn't to praise him for all the work that he had done. it was to question the ways in which he had not taken steps to deal with the gambling problem. in new york city, the people that he was connected to that prevented him fr
at the time, william o'dwyer had a role in these hearings. what was it? right. so one of the key goals that chief oliver established for this committee was to not just understand the criminal element in these cities, but to understand their political connections and the extent to which local crime, local law enforcement, was either not addressing the problem or wouldn't address the problem because of their connections with organized crime. former mayor of new york william o'dwyer, initially...
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at the time, william o'dwyer had a role in these hearings. what was it? right. so one of the key goals that chief oliver established for this committee was to not just understand the criminal element in these cities, but to understand their political connections and the extent to which local crime, local law enforcement, was either not addressing the problem or wouldn't address the problem because of their connections with organized crime. former mayor of new york william o'dwyer, initially connected with the committee and and provided them with a lot of information talking about his experiences in fighting crime in new york city during his time there at the time of the committee hearings, he was actually ambassador to mexico and he came back from that assignment to sty on camera. but when chief oliver turned to questioning o'dwyer, it wasn't to praise him for all the work that he had done. it was to question the ways in which he had not taken steps to deal with the gambling problem. in new york city, the people that he was connected to that prevented him from a
at the time, william o'dwyer had a role in these hearings. what was it? right. so one of the key goals that chief oliver established for this committee was to not just understand the criminal element in these cities, but to understand their political connections and the extent to which local crime, local law enforcement, was either not addressing the problem or wouldn't address the problem because of their connections with organized crime. former mayor of new york william o'dwyer, initially...
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i thanks for this william seward question. so if the story that you're telling us about the republican party eventually away from the ideals of as it began and then moving towards imperialism, what do we do with the figure like bill seward, who as early as 18 we align with lincoln more fought for the not right, but as early as 1867, he masterminded the alaska purchase. he's also trying to buy bunch of caribbean islands. congress doesn't really to do that. but how do we see them if we're figuring imperialism a thing that happens later on after republicans kind of flip and go and do something else? what do we do with that kind of early behavior by someone in that center of power with the republicans like? so yeah that's a great question. and we like to draw these neat lines right in periodization, but sometimes you can see the roots and origins of something way beyond. so for instance, those who talk about western reconstruction, want to go back to the mexican war. they we should look at the mexican war before the civil war and
i thanks for this william seward question. so if the story that you're telling us about the republican party eventually away from the ideals of as it began and then moving towards imperialism, what do we do with the figure like bill seward, who as early as 18 we align with lincoln more fought for the not right, but as early as 1867, he masterminded the alaska purchase. he's also trying to buy bunch of caribbean islands. congress doesn't really to do that. but how do we see them if we're...
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william brattle jane was enslaved to andrew boardman. so who are these two people? so william brattle, that name is probably to many of you, he was the minister of the first parish church. he died in 1717, a couple of years after sicily. and is buried in this very ornate altar style monument. he was a harvard alum. he was a tutor at harvard, and he was a member of the corporation. andrew boardman was equally prominent. he was the second andrew boardman, he was a steward of harvard college for over 40 years. that's some kind the equivalent of the bursar at the time, but very important. he was the third of four boardman is that held hold this role he also has a really impressive monument very well carved the second style with that the with with wings this is a general how these people have been viewed looking at their headstone but as a landscape person i wanted to know how did these people relate to how did they relate to their families, to the people they enslaved? and that's where things get particularly interesting. so the bordens are here in red. this is william
william brattle jane was enslaved to andrew boardman. so who are these two people? so william brattle, that name is probably to many of you, he was the minister of the first parish church. he died in 1717, a couple of years after sicily. and is buried in this very ornate altar style monument. he was a harvard alum. he was a tutor at harvard, and he was a member of the corporation. andrew boardman was equally prominent. he was the second andrew boardman, he was a steward of harvard college for...
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an example, this is a gentleman named william shippen. william shippen was a 27 year old merchant from philadelphia. and the of four. he started the war as a privateer before assuming command of the marine detachment on board the pennsylvania state flagship, the montgomery. each of the separate stage had their own navies as well because the continental congress had not yet been able to acquire the resources to build a national navy with the british international eyes now on philadelphia's doorstep ship and went ashore to fight beside the continental marines as a member of the philadelphia militia unit known as the s.o.s. unfortunately, ship would be killed in the battle of princeton in the coming weeks, making him the first state marine to be killed in the war. the pennsylvania navy consisted of 48 vessels of various sizes to include two floating batteries, called the arnold in putnam, each with 12 18 pounds cannons manned exclusively by pennsylvania state marines like you see in this center photo. that is 29 year old thomas forest, who r
an example, this is a gentleman named william shippen. william shippen was a 27 year old merchant from philadelphia. and the of four. he started the war as a privateer before assuming command of the marine detachment on board the pennsylvania state flagship, the montgomery. each of the separate stage had their own navies as well because the continental congress had not yet been able to acquire the resources to build a national navy with the british international eyes now on philadelphia's...
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william rock hill nelson. okay, but you guys know who? william rock hill. nelson is, right? well, he opened the first art gallery in kansas city. and what happened was nelson went on a trip to the to europe do one of these grand tours in the 1890s and he bought lot of reproductions of works of the old masters to bring back to kansas city and open a gallery. well, harry truman, you know, when he was growing in kansas city, there really was no art gallery here to speak of. and so this was nelson's attempt to to bring some kind of art museum to kansas city. well, here, i'll show you these the kinds of pictures that that he brought back. now, this is a reproduction of don't me say his name, bartholomaeus van der hulst. but theserehe kinds of pictures that william rock bill nelson brought back for the nelson gallery, which was a two rooms on the second floor of the public library. and this, i believe, was harry first exposure to art was pictures like this. they're very realistic, right? i mean, you can really i mean, you can almost feel the breath when you're up close to them. an
william rock hill nelson. okay, but you guys know who? william rock hill. nelson is, right? well, he opened the first art gallery in kansas city. and what happened was nelson went on a trip to the to europe do one of these grand tours in the 1890s and he bought lot of reproductions of works of the old masters to bring back to kansas city and open a gallery. well, harry truman, you know, when he was growing in kansas city, there really was no art gallery here to speak of. and so this was...